Apparatus for dismantling and disposing of fuel assemblies

Details Apparatus for dismantling and disposing of fuel assemblies Apparatus for dismantling and disposing of fuel assemblies

1982-03-18

1985-04-16

Kyle, Deborah L.

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83 19, 83 23, 100 39, 376261, 376272, G21F 934

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045114994

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for dismantling, shearing and compacting a fuel assembly frame skeleton. A frame is provided which can be placed into the transfer canal of a fuel-handling building for severing a bottom nozzle from the thimble tubes and grids of the frame skeleton, compacting the remainder of the skeleton, and then further severing the thimble tubes and grids into shorter longitudinal lengths, and placing the shortened compacted severed pieces into a container for off-site shipment or on-site storage.

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Blanco et al., "Head-End Processes for Solid Fuel" in Stoller et al., Eds. Reactor Handbook, vol. II, Fuel Reprocessing, Interscience Publishers, N.Y., 1961, pp. 23-48.

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